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Anthropometric indices among schoolchildren from a municipality in Southern Brazil: a descriptive analysis using the LMS method

OBJECTIVE: To describe the percentile values for body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height (WHtR) of children from Colombo, Brazil, and compare them with data of children from other countries. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study with a random sample of 2,035 children...

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Autores principales: Barbosa, Valter Cordeiro, Lopes, Adair da Silva, Fagundes, Ricardo Rosa, de Campos, Wagner
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4311787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25510997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rpped.2014.04.002